The use of the word "it" was correct, but the use of the contraction "it's" was incorrect. "It's" is the contraction of "it is", not the possessive form of "it." The correct use there was "its."
I don't see a major drawback in being behind the curve on mobile services. The fewer cell phones there are, the better. Talking on a cell phone in public is rude and disrespectful to the people around you. Most people who think they need to carry their phones everywhere just have an over-inflated opinon of themselves. There are very few of us (ex. emergency workers) who really need to be on call 24/7. I'm no luddite, ubiquitous cell phones I can do without.
Its a shame governments don't learn from history and sound management theory: blatant micromanagement pisses people off. People are by nature an independent bunch, if you're going to tell them what to do / think you better do in it a non-obvious way (the tactic that works so well for the good ole USA). Moves like this just piss the citizens off without any significant gain for the government.
Although I wish I could agree, I know for a fact not all critical systems at power plants and elsewhere are totally isolated from the net. I know of several plants where total control can be granted to a remote console, ala VNC. There is an insane amount of security involved in these setups, but they are still connected to the internet.
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No kidding. My heat doesn't work and my Athlon is the only thing that keeps me from freezing at night!
The use of the word "it" was correct, but the use of the contraction "it's" was incorrect. "It's" is the contraction of "it is", not the possessive form of "it." The correct use there was "its."
I don't see a major drawback in being behind the curve on mobile services. The fewer cell phones there are, the better. Talking on a cell phone in public is rude and disrespectful to the people around you. Most people who think they need to carry their phones everywhere just have an over-inflated opinon of themselves. There are very few of us (ex. emergency workers) who really need to be on call 24/7. I'm no luddite, ubiquitous cell phones I can do without.
Its a shame governments don't learn from history and sound management theory: blatant micromanagement pisses people off. People are by nature an independent bunch, if you're going to tell them what to do / think you better do in it a non-obvious way (the tactic that works so well for the good ole USA). Moves like this just piss the citizens off without any significant gain for the government.
Although I wish I could agree, I know for a fact not all critical systems at power plants and elsewhere are totally isolated from the net. I know of several plants where total control can be granted to a remote console, ala VNC. There is an insane amount of security involved in these setups, but they are still connected to the internet.